Word: latino
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...singularity deserving of his improbable biography. This proto-disco he has come to stand for was marked by a graceful sense of levity, camp, and a fundamental belief in people’s ability to appreciate complexity and duality. I mean, what more could a bunch of Black, Latino, and gay DJs hope for but that—a normalization of what was normal for them. It is this optimism—and the belief that the brightest future would see a blurring of the dividing line between intricacy and accessibility—that separates this disco from main stage...
...Through adoption, my husband and I have a multicultural family. I hope our two Latino angels will someday grasp fully the message that, as Obama said, "In America, all things are possible." God is in His Heaven, a Democrat is in the White House, and all is right with our world. Teresa Little Smith, Clinton, Connecticut...
...said. The campus political games are just training. Her plan is to go back to her home state and become the kind of politician who can do something about New Mexico’s high rates of domestic violence, its education system, and the power hierarchies dividing Anglos, Latinos and Native Americans. Basically, she wants to be Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico and the first Hispanic candidate for the democratic nomination in 2008. Halfway through my interview with Andrea, her cell phone rang. She looked at the number and answered. “Caleb Weatherl, how do you know...
...This year, there is already competition, much more than last year,” he said. “It will be a more fun and exciting election, and hopefully that will get more people involved.”DIVERSITYThe tickets are unusually diverse. Flores was the only Latino on the UC for two years. Two tickets include African-Americans in Biggers and Britt, who if elected would be the first black male UC president. Staff predicted that the black candidates might help the UC reach a broader range of students.Usui said she is happy the tickets are diverse...
...Washington, particularly likes Emanuel, 49, the former senior Clinton White House official who just won his fourth term in Congress representing a portion of Chicago and who serves as the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House. Even some members of his own party (including members of the black and Latino caucuses) bear no affection for him, especially those who feel he has run roughshod over their prerogatives in pursuit of some greater goal - like wresting control of the House from the Republicans in 2006, a project Emanuel spearheaded. Others simply fear him. But few people who know and have dealt...